A MEISSEN FIGURE OF EMPRESS CATHERINE II OF RUSSIA'S FAVOURITE DOG, lying low on a rectangular pink cushion edged with white and gilt braid moulded with ozier and leaves entwined with chains and with tasselled corners, the dog's fur delineated in shaded grey and pale-brown patches, wearing a blue and gilt collar and with a long bushy tail (several hairline and firing cracks to dog and cushion, small chip to one tassel), blue crossed swords mark, circa 1880

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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF EMPRESS CATHERINE II OF RUSSIA'S FAVOURITE DOG, lying low on a rectangular pink cushion edged with white and gilt braid moulded with ozier and leaves entwined with chains and with tasselled corners, the dog's fur delineated in shaded grey and pale-brown patches, wearing a blue and gilt collar and with a long bushy tail (several hairline and firing cracks to dog and cushion, small chip to one tassel), blue crossed swords mark, circa 1880
17in. (43cm.) wide

Lot Essay

The dog is immortalised in the painting of Catherine II walking in the park at Tsarskoe selo, painted by V. L. Borovikovskii in 1794. The painting was reproduced in an engraving by N. Utkin in 1827.
Cf. an example sold in these Rooms, 2 Oct 1973, lot 161

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